Substantial fines were paid by some of the banks for some of their ill considered operations during the runaway times. None of this would have happened had not the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the White House made up their minds to spend whatever was necessary to save Wall Street back in 2008.

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a top semiconductor maker and a Detroit automaker. Bearish calls featured a struggling conglomerate ...

General Electric is looking to offshore wind power as one way to rebuild its earnings, as its traditional business making equipment for gas-fired power plants faces weaker demand because of the shift towards ...

General Electric’s collapse should have served as a reminder that buying a company based solely on past reputation and dividend yield is a dangerous endeavor. GE is also a great example that dividends are not paid out of earnings, especially ...

In March 2017, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar issued a frank assessment of the state’s Employees Retirement System. A number of factors were making ERS’s “viability uncertain,” including unrealistic assumptions about investment returns, the state’s failure to make adequate contributions, earlier retirements and longer life expectancies. Some options Hegar suggested were raising member and/or state contributions, selling bonds to fund the pension, and--always popular in election years--reducing benefits to current and future states hires.

Dividend yield is a very important metric that should be taken into account when picking a stock. Stocks that pay dividends usually outperform their non-dividend paying peers over the long run and usually have lower volatility than the broader market. Moreover, the dividend is a sign that a company is financially healthy, has a steady […]

General Electric (GE.N) has begun flight trials of the world's largest jet engine after delays caused by technical problems, the U.S. conglomerate said on Wednesday. A special Boeing 747 test aircraft flew on Tuesday from Victorville, California, with the new E9X engine mounted under its left wing, dwarfing the plane's three other engines. The huge powerplant - as wide and tall as the fuselage of a Boeing 737 - is being built for the latest version of Boeing Co's (BA.N) long-haul 777, the 777X, which is due to enter service in 2020.

General Electric has begun flight trials of the world's largest jet engine after delays caused by technical problems, the U.S. conglomerate said on Wednesday. A special Boeing 747 test aircraft flew on Tuesday from Victorville, California, with the new E9X engine mounted under its left wing, dwarfing the plane's three other engines. The huge powerplant - as wide and tall as the fuselage of a Boeing 737 - is being built for the latest version of Boeing Co's long-haul 777, the 777X, which is due to enter service in 2020.

General Electric has begun flight trials of the world's largest jet engine after delays caused by technical problems, the U.S. conglomerate said on Wednesday. A special Boeing 747 test aircraft flew on Tuesday from Victorville, California, with the new E9X engine mounted under its left wing, dwarfing the plane's three other engines. The huge powerplant - as wide and tall as the fuselage of a Boeing 737 - is being built for the latest version of Boeing Co's long-haul 777, the 777X, which is due to enter service in 2020.